Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-15


three of the church services was large
At West Brnttleboro sermons apprupri I
ate TO the day were preached 100 both church /
es amid All unusual prOiusion of tuwers, /
and the Sunday schools held interesting eN |
ercises IN the evening, those at the Baptist /
church being the arrangement of MI Hall /
THE INDIAN QUESTION
PRESENTED BY MIR. AND MRS rmBlEs At TIN I.
CoNGREGATtONAL CHURCH.
Mr. and Mrs Tibbles were Announced to
lecture at Crosby hall ON Monday evening
but the wash-out on the Central NermOnt
road made it impossible for them tu rench
here in time and the large number of peo
pie who gathered at the hall ia anticipation
of the lecture were consequently disap
pointed However. the lecturers uu urri-
val consented b. remain and speak the fol
lowing evening, and Crosby hall being EN-
gagged, the Congregational society offered
the use of their chapel which wus accept
ed This however, proved too small t1 az.
commodate the crowd which assembled at
the hour and adjournment was made 60
the audience room
Rev Mr. DAY introduced the speaker.
Mr.. Iibbles leading in brief hut eloquent
statement of the Indian question, with sl'e.
cial reference b. the tribes located iu Ne.
braska and lndinu Territory BE- began
by saying that the policy which had been
pursued toy our government IN o. dealing
with the Indians during the last one hun
bred wears had made this a. 1t has been
/ aptly termed "a century Of dishonor
The attitude assumed toward them and the
/ position M which they had been placed
were anomalous The Indians. instead of
f.f htr ma
tiunalities, or a. intelligent and accounta
bile human belngs, had been regarded "a
wards and a. such were not and could
not become ciuzens, nor nave any rights
which the laws would protect They had
been dealt with alternately by treaty and
by force, mad been placed upon reserNu.
tlons-Ofteu unsuIted and uncungenlal o.
them-ucrus- the boundaries OF which they
we're mot allowed 30 pass. aud hence with
out opportunities for acquiring civilization.
under the arbitrary control o.. agents az.
pointed from political motives and often of
the worst moral character. aud allowed n"
opportunity for the redress of wrongs-no
right which white men cor anybody els,
were bound o. respect Tins system Mr.
Iibbles characterized a. one fraught with
many and great evils, and should he speed
ily done away with Speaking from life.
long experience MIR Tibble- denied that
any race hatred exists or ever did exist be
tween the western whites and the Indians,
many eastern people suppose the trout
les between the two arise from the ward
theory and tine reservation system Place
tine Indians upon the same footing with 9th
rr people said the speaker, give them the
rights and opportunities which are accord
el 10 others and thel will need no veari,
appropriations from the government ii
order t. bee Kept from starvation Tn,
speaker account of abuses which had u
Cured under his own observation and of
the efforts which lac and other- mad InAd,
70 have some Of the-e wrongs remedied All,
the rights Of the Indians as huIaan being
( upheld wHs yer, interesting The treat
ment of the Fpuca-. who were driven from
their odd reservation To d new one agHin-t
their urgent prpt-,, and amid the mo,
crue. hardship were nttugi, chHract-r
Hed 5 great step ina lately t,eu uccum
pll,hei among certain trihe- stili MIR ll-
/. bes ns giving them their lauu- 900 -.ycru.
tN hut tins Wa- only step Oue OF Their
greatest needs !, the establishment ui court
q of law Now the Indians are pracucallI
without laws, and are living ga "a STATE 20
4 anarchy Formerly each tribe had it, cod
- of IaWs. which were strictly enforced bu
b, THESE laws were founded upon or eniorce
r. through superstition, and nov that Chris
tlan missionaries have destroyed tn, super
,tltiun-, these laws cannot he enforced AN
Christian legislator have supplied uo inv
u take the place of them save tn, bvhest
of tn. agent A. a consequence. mmu
e crimes especially hav, increased t. Ia d,
plJrablr extent The Indian schools atel
established 10y the government haye don
and are doing grand work IA the dire,
ton needed but the good results who
might flow from tins source are greatly o.,
stricted 10y the anomalous conditions WING
hi surround the Indians upon their isolate
" eserNations. 1t was The mission OF Oh
&C. speaker and those who were laborins Wit
u, INN T. su inform aud riucat, the publ
sentiment ut the country that through II
90 all-pnwerful influence uur present uuJui
. and disgraceiul Indian system shall Ice don
d away with and the Indians received int
90 citizenship and accorded al. tine right
privileges ami oppormnitie. which pertal
Do theretu. Only hy doing will the india
ll question be- finally and property settled
~ MIR lIhbes Bright bye --oi whom I b
PhuniX gave some account last week the
took the platform and Ia IA difiident. una
~unluE hut lady like WAY. reading from u,
. manuscript gave % very interesting a.
90 count of hei tribe AMI family of her ear
90 recollection, and her subsequent schoolIn.
N of the difficulties and impedIment> wine
81 rctard the civilization OF the Indians. al
a of the wrongs which they have H. endur,
n Her tribe the Oilahas, owing L. the
lE trieudhnes- a. the whites have l,-rlt 81,
iu clally favored by the government and al
' farther advanced IN civilization than son
JG other but little drunkenness exists auul
lg them. ami they arr -eli-supportng H'
n father chief OF the tribe Wa, an ear
Ice. e. . Il. d..
ED of which had been beneficial so far a. tn,
90, went but though all the members of Il
~ tribe are thus made rich IA lands. many
lg them are destitute of almost everythir
-N else Tor. since the law doses not allow the
70 rent their lands to Others, those who n
unable to do farm Nvork--like widows lie
with small children, a. IN instance, win,
~ she knew ot-could derive no benefit fru
~ their ownership. The laws intended to pr
a. tect the Indians from the graspmg whit
IIN react against the former by deprivinr the
" Of the benefits which they might deri
from the influence and example Of gr
~ white settlers were they u be- thrown in
contact with them Many OF the tribes Ina
= no missionaries nor mission schools al
their only teachers and examplars are IA
i55 cally agents and the white tramps W
sometimes infest the country The Cover
=" Carlisle for educating Indian children a
- excellent institutions and are doing 20
work but no more pitiful objects did 1
speaker ever See than the returned grad
ates from those schools who had reiun
IA their tribes and found themselves coufroi
IN ed with the obstacle before mentione
ry aud which they were utterly ppwerless
mt remove What is necessary IN order IN
ur the evil, which thus block the wheels
Is civilization among the Indians may be- !
lt moved rs that they by accorded their II
nut rights under the constitution and til
ul have the opportunity for becoming 20
he citizens and developing the manhood a.
Is wOmanhood that Is within them
Ia, The audience manifested hearty svmI
ny thy with the cause So eloquenty present
e-- 10y the lecturers, and responded literally
AL the call for contribution in all Of the
'e ciet! which they represent
Is SPRING NOTES
49,. The narrow gauge road was blocked e,
Il ly this week 10y wAshout on the Brad
meadows and 10y land slide above Jam
ca heVOud the Cobb brook brid,r4 An